Darden, the parent company of Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and Red Lobster, has around 185,000 employees, and 75 percent of them are part-timers.

What influenced the decision?

Internal surveys showed that both employee and customer satisfaction declined at the restaurants that were being tested, the AP reported. Darden said that its restaurants perform better when full-timers are involved.

Darden hedged though, saying that there could be changes after the first year of the new regulations, depending on the numbers.

For now, it looks like Darden's full-time folks will be keeping their hours.